We limit our practice...but never our commitment.

William R. Graf

Bill represents privately-owned businesses, individuals, and fiduciaries in the areas of estate and trust administration, estate planning, business law, estate and gift tax controversies, and contested trust and estate proceedings. He believes it is important for lawyers to be both students and teachers, and he devotes significant time to both. Bill understands that exceptional results in any legal matter stem from knowledge of the finer points.

Education

Walnut Hills High School, Diploma, 1968Cincinnati, Ohio

Denison University, B.A., History, 1972Granville, Ohio

Ohio State University College of Law, J.D.
(cum laude),1976 Columbus, Ohio

Bar Admissions

Ohio 1976

United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio 1976

United States Tax Court 1986

Professional Affiliations

Cincinnati, Ohio, and American Bar Associations

Cincinnati Bar Association (Trustee, 2013 - 2017)

Member of OSBA Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law Section Council (Chair, Business Entities Committee)

Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (Estate and Gift Tax Committee; Business Planning Committee)

Cincinnati Estate Planning Council (President, 2008-2009)

Editorial Advisory Board, Probate Law Journal of Ohio

Recognitions

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, 2018, “Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law,” Cincinnati